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La Tour Ronde, located on the French-Italian border between the Col Du Geant and Mont Maudit, rises to a height of 3,792 metres.

The north face is considered a difficult and dangerous descent reserved for highly experienced mountaineers.

It has been a deadly season in the Alps. Also on Friday a 46-year-old French woman was killed in an avalanche in Valloire in the Savoie region.

Accident: He was skiing down Mont Blanc (pictured, file photo) with four of his friends who alerted the rescue services of the accident - but he died instantly

While in Austria, a doctor from Northern Ireland was killed in a skiing accident last week. And Dr Siobhan O'Connor, an experienced skier in her 50's, crashed while skiing down a steep section of the mountain.

On January 5, two young US ski team hopefuls were killed in the Austrian Alps. Ronnie Berlack, 20, and Bryce Astle, 19, were caught in an avalanche.

At least 10 more people have been killed this season in the Alps in avalanches and other accidents.